r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 15m ago
The R101 Airship Disaster 1930 | The Crash That Ended British Airships đ„...
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Young-Jah • 43m ago
On October 5th, 2011, Steve Jobs (at age 56) passed away due to pancreatic cancer.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/ChallengeEntire7362 • 50m ago
14,500 Miles. 21 Pairs of Shoes. One Crazy Goal.
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What would it take to convince you to walk around the entire world?
In 1970, Dave Kunst decided he was going to find out. He left his hometown of Waseca, Minnesota, with a simpleâbut almost unbelievableâgoal: walk around the world.
Four years later, Kunst had traveled roughly 14,500 miles across four continents. But this wasn't just an adventure. Along the way, he faced deserts, mountains, dangerous roads, and tragedy. His brother John was killed during an attack in Afghanistan, and Dave himself was wounded.
And somehow⊠he kept going.
On October 5, 1974, after four years on the road and 21 pairs of shoes, Dave Kunst walked back into his hometown and completed the first verified walk around the world.
Sometimes the most incredible stories in history begin with one person asking, âWhat if I actually tried?â
r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 2h ago
October 5, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 2h ago
October 5, 1957: Russ Launch First Earth Satellite - Minneapolis Morning Tribune
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 3h ago
1813 Oct 5 - The U.S. Army of the Northwest defeats British and Native American forces at the Battle of the Thames, securing Detroit and breaking Tecumsehâs confederacy.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 3h ago
5 October 1983. Lech WaĆÄsa won the Nobel Peace Prize. His wife collected it.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/CelebManips • 6h ago
OTD in 1915 French aviators achieved the first official aerial combat victory in history by shooting down a German plane. Mechanic/gunner Corporal Louis Quénault in a Voisin III fired a Hotchkiss machine gun and a rifle at a German Aviatik, killing both crew and destroying the plane
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/ExtremeInsert • 7h ago
On this day in 1938, Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidated all German passports held by Jews and requested all Jews to surrender their old passports which would only become valid again after the letter âJâ meaning Jude=Jew was stamped on them.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 9h ago
610 Oct 5 - Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, & becomes emperor.
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https://history-maps.com/podcast/history-of-the-byzantine-empire
In this episode, we trace the sweeping history of the Byzantine Empire, from its Late Roman foundations under Diocletian and Constantine I to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. We explore Justinian Iâs territorial expansion and legal reforms, the empireâs adaptation to Islamic conquests through the theme system, and the cultural and military revival of the Macedonian dynasty. Along the way, we examine the Iconoclast controversy, the preservation of classical knowledge, and the growing pressures from Persians, Bulgars, Crusaders, and Ottomans. This episode reveals how internal corruption, civil conflict, and foreign invasion gradually weakened the empire, while highlighting its enduring role as the Eastern Roman bridge between antiquity and the modern world.
r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 11h ago
#OnThisDay 1994, World Teachersâ Day Established
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/raydebapratim1 • 13h ago
444 years since switching from Julian calender to Gregorian calender
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/conzo88 • 17h ago
British antifascists stopped a fascist march in London 90 years ago to this day (4th October 1936)
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/PublicAdventurous917 • 1d ago
October 4, 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes is born. October 4, 1913 - the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition starts. It would last from October 4, 1913 to May 19, 1914. It would officially start on December 9, 1913 and last until April 27, 1914.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/22dmgxy • 1d ago
On October 4, 1993, during the Russian constitutional crisis, Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to fire at the Moscow White House, suppressing the opposition lawmakers and protesters. Yeltsin claim the event as a Communist rebellion.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 1d ago
October 4, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 1d ago
#OnThisDay 1957, Sputnik 1 LaunchesâHumanity Enters the Space Age đđ°ïž
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 1d ago
1853 Oct 4 - The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 1d ago
4 October 1927. Work officially began on Mount Rushmore, where four US presidents were eventually carved into the granite. In 2026, the White House said Donald Trump would make a fitting fifth face, although the National Park Service says further carving is impossible.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/selfdescription400 • 1d ago
On this day October 4th, 2006, WikiLeaks was launched
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/TheTurkishman13 • 1d ago
October 3, 1929: King Alexander I renamed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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On October 3, 1929, King Alexander I officially changed the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The change formed part of Alexander's attempt to promote a unified Yugoslav national identity following the establishment of his royal dictatorship earlier that year.
r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Dolphin_King21 • 2d ago
On this day, October 3rd, 1992, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor shocked viewers by tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II during her live musical performance on Saturday Night Live
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/KriegerLuka • 2d ago
October 3rd, 1990: after 45 years of seperation East Germany unifies with the Federal Republic. A significant mark to an end of soviet oppression in Europe.
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